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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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